Auto lamp-shade.



w. 0. REUTER. AUTO LAMP SHADE. A P PI.ICATION FILED DEC. 9, 19141 1,143; I Patented June 15, 1915.

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WILLIAM 0. REUIER; OF LPERU. INDI AINA.

AUTO LAMP-SHADE.

T01! whom it m 0]] concern 1 lie it known that I, WiLLIAM O. Rnc'rsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peru, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auto Lamp-Shades, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for to intercept the upward rays of light thereby preventing the blinding glare of the lamp "from bewildering pedestrians and drivers of approachingv vehicles, while the downward rays are unaffected.

.A further object resides in the provision of a shutter .of this character which can be swung to mask the lower-portion of the lamp when desired, thus rendering the efficiency of the lamp greater under varying conditions.

with theseand other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

-In the drawings z-eFigure 1 is a front elevation of an automobile lamp equipped with the improved shutter; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a different position of the shutter: Fig. 3 is a section on' thline 3-3 of Fig. '2.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1

designates an ordinary automobile lamp which is provided upon the door thereof Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed December 9, 1914. Serial No. 876.334.

tension to position the shutter as Fig. 1 of the drawings.

in order to render the shutter operable from the driver's scat. the pulley T may have a chain 9 fastened thereto and extending thereover so that by pulling on the chain the pulley will be caused to rotate and will carry shown in the shutter toany desircdangle. v a v A pad 10 of rubber or other suitable material may be secured to the face of the shutter 6 in order to provide a bumper for engagement with the lower portion of the door of the lamp when the shutter is swung to a position as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

I 4. From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it is thought that the construction and operation of the device will be clearly understood and while I have herein shown one specificform of my invention I do not wish to be limited thereto. except for such limitations as the claims may import.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination with a lamp. of arod pivoted thereon. a shutter rigidly carried on said rod and adapted to mask either the upper or lower portion of said lamp. means to move said shutter to its uppermost position whereby approximately half of the entire face of the lamp is covered. and when the .same is reversed, more than half of the entire face of the lamp will be exposed as and for the purpose set forth and described.

2. Tn combination with a lamp. of a rod pivoted thereto and extending transversely thereof. said rod being substantially- U- shaped. ashut-ter fixed on said rod, and means for rocking said U-shaped rod wherebv' said shutter may be used to mask either the upper or lower portion of said lamp as and for the purpose set forth and described.

3. In combination with a lamp, of a rod pivoted thereto and extending transvers ly thereof. said rod being substantially U- shapcd. a semi-circular shutter fixed on said rod and normally. covering the portion of the lower face of said lamp. and means for rocking said rod whereby said shutter may be used to mask the upper portion of the face of said lamp substantiallv as described.

4. Tn combination with a lamp. of a rod pivoted thereto and extending transvcrselv thereof. said rod being bent intermediate its extremities, a shutter fixed upon the bent Eartion of said rod and normally covering 9 lower-portion of the face of said lamp, and means for rocking said rod whereby said Shutter maybe used to mask the upper Bipartion of the face of said iamp substanil'ally as described. 7

55. In combination with :1 lamp, brackets "carried'on said 1amp',a rod supported by 7 said brackets and extending transversely of 10 said lamp, said rod being bent intermediate its extremities to form a portion oflf-set from theplane of alinement of said brackets, a rigidly secured to said ofiT-set pore independent of the 

